Hakeem Jeffries

Hakeem Jeffries (4 August 1970-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-NY 8) from 3 January 2013, succeeding Jerrold Nadler.

Biography
Hakeem Jeffries was born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City in 1970, and he served as a law clerk before becoming assistant litigator for Viacom and CBS. He served in the New York State Assembly from 2007 to 2012, when he was elected to the US House of Representatives. He was a member of the Progressive Democrats.